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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
CHAPTER VIII.
Marall. Sir, the man of honour's come,
Newly alighted
Overreach. In without reply,
And do as I command.
Is the loud music I gave order for
Ready to receive him?
New Way to Pay Old Debts.
Sir William Ashton, although a man of sense, legal information, and great practical knowledge of the world, had yet some points of character which corresponded better with the timidity of his disposition and the supple arts by which he had risen in the world, than to the degree of eminence which he had attained; as they tended to shew an original mediocrity of understanding, however highly it had been culti-
